Together with the leader was destroyed about 45 members of the group
Egypt’s army destroyed the likely organizer of the attack on the Russian plane Egypt’s Army killed the leader of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis,” which the CIA and Russia is considered responsible for the attack on Board the Russian aircraft in the skies over Sinai. This was announced by the defense Ministry of Egypt.
The report said that the leader of the group was killed in an airstrike. Along with him were destroyed about 45 members of the group.
According to Reuters, we are talking about the leader of the group – Abu Duaa al-Ansari. In June, the head of the CIA John Brennan said that the explosion on Board Russian passenger aircraft Airbus A321 in sky over the Sinai Peninsula staged sworn allegiance to Islamic state Egyptian group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis”.
As reported, the A321 aircraft to the Russian airline “Kogalymavia” carrying out flight Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, crashed in Egypt on 31 October 2015. The victims were 224 people, including 7 crew members. The investigation revealed that on Board detonated an improvised explosive device with a capacity up to 1 kg in a trotyl equivalent.
